Generating, Exporting, and Importing Forms


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This topic explains how to perform [生成], [エクスポート], and [インポート] from the [ファイル] menu of SkyPDF FormDesigner.

Generate

When you select [生成] from the [ファイル] menu, a form is generated on the PDF based on the field information on this tool.

After checking the display and operation on this product, if further adjustment is necessary, please launch SkyPDF FormDesigner again from [作成] of ‘Input Form’ in the [編集] menu.

The generated form is not saved in the PDF until [上書き保存] or [名前を付けて保存] is performed on this product.

Export

In the [エクスポート] option of the [ファイル] menu, you can export form attribute information in XML format.

Exporting allows you to temporarily save your work without reflecting the edits in the PDF, and you can duplicate the field layout and attributes by importing them into another PDF file.

現在の編集情報をエクスポート Export the layout and attribute information of all fields at that point of editing.
By importing it into the original PDF, you can return the editing state regarding the field layout and attributes to the point of export and resume editing.
複製のためのエクスポート Export the layout and attribute information of all fields so that they can be duplicated in another PDF.
Even if you import it into the original PDF or a PDF with the same field name, you cannot generate it.

(Example)

  • (A) Overview of XML when [現在の編集情報をエクスポート] 
  • Field 1: Changed
  • Field 2: Unchanged
  • Field 3: Newly added
  • (B) Overview of XML when [複製のためのエクスポート]
  • Field 1: Newly added
  • Field 2: Newly added
  • Field 3: Newly added

Import

In the [インポート] option of the [ファイル] menu, you can import the XML saved by [現在の編集情報のエクスポート] or [複製のためのエクスポート].

(A) Importing XML output by [現在の編集情報のエクスポート]

When you import the XML output by [現在の編集情報をエクスポート], you can return the field layout and attributes to the state at the time of export and resume editing.

(B) Importing XML output by [複製のためのエクスポート]

When you import the XML output by [複製のためのエクスポート], you can add all fields that existed at the time of export as new fields.

It is useful when you want to generate a similar form PDF based on an existing form PDF.

If the page size and layout of the PDF to be imported are different from the PDF of the export source, you will need to readjust the position and size of the fields after importing.